People in the News—Sept. 4, 2018—Timoney Knox
Former Montgomery Bar Association president Eric B. Smith joined Timoney Knox.
September 04, 2018 at 12:00 PM
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Former Montgomery Bar Association president Eric B. Smith joined Timoney Knox.
Smith focuses his practice on commercial and real estate litigation, business disputes and municipal litigation.
Through his commercial litigation practice, he represents clients in contract and warranty disputes, as well as construction conflicts, mechanics' liens, contractor and subcontractor payment act claims, and unfair trade practice claims.
As part of his real estate and title litigation practice, Smith handles matters concerning adverse possession, easements and boundary disputes.
His practice also focuses on home rule law and municipal litigation.
He practices in the five-county Philadelphia metropolitan area and the eastern and western districts of Pennsylvania.
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Debra Djupman Warring joined Blank Rome's Philadelphia office in the consumer finance litigation group.
Warring has 10 years of civil litigation experience.
As a member of Blank Rome's consumer financial services team, she will counsel her clients on a variety of consumer finance litigation matters, including disputes under the Truth in Lending Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, state law UDAP claims and a variety of common-law claims.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, she practiced for several years at a large Philadelphia law firm where she litigated consumer financial services claims, contract disputes, business torts and products liability matters.
Warring is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
|Honored
On Sep. 13 the Philadelphia Orchestra is scheduled to present environmental lawyer and advocate Joseph M. Manko and his late wife Lynn K. Manko with the 2018 Philadelphia Orchestra Award.
The Mankos have a long history of volunteerism, philanthropy and advocacy in support of the Philadelphia Orchestra, among other organizations.
With more than 45 years of experience advising clients on environmental matters, Joseph Manko is a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox.
He has more than 40 years of experience advising clients on environmental matters involving real estate transactions and development, regulatory permitting and compliance, environmental reporting and alternative dispute resolution.
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